52-2-307. Department to use requests for proposals from in-state providers. (1) The department shall:
     (a) continuously group children with multiagency service needs placed with out-of-state providers into categories according to the type of treatment received by the children;
     (b) notify in-state providers of the number of children in each category, the types of treatment being received by the children, and the cost to the state of the treatment provided; and
     (c) use the request for proposals process to solicit in-state providers. If there is no appropriate in-state response to a request for proposals under this section, alternative resources may be sought.
     (2) A decision by the department not to place a child with multiagency service needs with a particular provider is not subject to a contested case procedure.

     History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 324, L. 1993.